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--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > I can't remember whether you have already rebuilt > this engine or not. I did a top-end rebuild over the summer. The car now seems to fall in line with the stock 0-50 time, and seems to have about as much power as I'd expect. Since my last tune-up, it cruises very nicely around 65-75, and I won't push it higher than that. Keith mentioned that the flickering oil light I saw once at night while driving home indicates that I'll need a bottom-end rebuild at some point, but I don't think I'll be doing that until after the trip to Hershey. > If not, I > STRONGLY recommend that you do a rather stock > rebuild or 2 first. It's very > common for people to get really excited about > "upgrading" and then to mess it > all up, throwing away a lot of good money, just > because they didn't think that > anything could possibly go wrong. Which is why I'm asking the experts here. At this point I'm thinking I want to stick with stock cylinders/pistons because I'm not at the point where I'm ready to futz with the FI at ALL. > I have great respect for Berg, but I think you have > to take his perspective > into account. Point. The case I got with the "good" heads I haven't checked out yet is full-flow already so I guess that's a good starting point if it hasn't been align-bored once before. > My recommendations always start with case savers, a > counterweighted crank, > balanced drive line, and full flow filter. Balanced drive line? > You should be setting your sights higher than 50-60k > miles, too. I'd consider a > street engine that only lasted that long to be a > failure. What I started thinking was just the 74 or 78 counterweighted crank, everything else stock except for the full-flow. Would that be safe for a newbie & would it have any adverse effects on my automatic transmission? ===== Aaron Clow - http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ '71 FI AT Square - On the Road '71 FI AT Fasty - Off the Road '71 AT Square - the Parts Bin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org